Catapelting

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  • catapulting: the act of throwing something by use of a catapult
  • pelting: striking or assailing repeatedly with or as if with blows or missiles; bombarding
  • catapulte: (French) a type of siege engine → Lazare Sainéan, La Langue de Rabelais (Paris 1922)
  • catapelting: after caterwauling? (cata-pelting at cater-walls) Lould noisy sound of male cats fighting; compared to bad singing with reference to the previous poet Verlaine? or arguing / whining over a topic with refrence to the battle / treaty of Verdun?
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